Bartolomé Hidalgo

Bartolomé Hidalgo was born in Montevideo on 24 August 1788, into a very modest family, and lost his father as a child, according to the National Academy of Letters of Uruguay. He fought at Cardal against the English invasions, joined the revolution in 1811, followed the exodus of the Oriental people and held posts in the administration of Montevideo. Director of the Casa de Comedias from 1816, he settled in Buenos Aires in 1818, lived there in poverty selling his verses and died in Morón on 28 November 1822.

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• PoetryCielitos y diálogos patrióticosBartolomé Hidalgo · 1816not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain